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Nov. 15, 1890—First game ever in the history of the
University of Colorado, losing 20-0 to the Denver Athletic
Club in Denver.
Dec. 13, 1890—George Darley runs 65 yards with a fumbled
football for a touchdown, the first in Colorado history.
Colorado Mines won the game, however, 50-4.
Nov. 26, 1891—First win in CU history, as CU recorded a
24-4 victory on the road over the Colorado Springs Athletic
Association Team.
Nov. 8, 1892—First win by Colorado in Boulder, a 46-0 win
over the University of Denver.
Aug. 3, 1894—Harry Heller named first head coach in
Colorado history.
Oct. 26, 1895—Fred Folsom debuts as CU head coach,
Colorado wins 32-0 over the Denver Wheel Club in Boulder.
He arrived in Boulder three weeks earlier, on Oct. 6.
Nov. 17, 1898—Colorado plays first opponent from outside
state boundaries, losing to Nebraska in Boulder, 23-10.
July 27, 1900—T. W. Mortimer named third head coach in
Colorado history, filling in for Fred Folsom who takes leave
for a year.
July 10, 1903—Dave Cropp named fourth head coach in
Colorado history.
June 26, 1905—Willis Keinholtz named fifth head coach in
Colorado history.
June 19, 1906—Frank Castleman named sixth head coach in
Colorado history.
May 11, 1908—Fred Folsom returns to coach Colorado.
Oct. 8, 1910—Colorado’s 11-0 triumph over the Alumni is the
100th win in CU history.
Jan. 10, 1916—Bob Evans named seventh head coach in
Colorado history.
Jan. 17, 1918—Joe Mills named eighth head coach in
Colorado history.
Dec. 17, 1919—Myron Witham named ninth head coach in
Colorado history.
Nov. 28, 1923—Colorado’s 6-3 win at Colorado State gives
Colorado a 9-0-0 mark for the 1923 season, its best ever.
Colorado’s First Football Team in 1890
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The following was taken from the Silver & Gold newspaper of
December 16, 1898. It was a recollection of the birth of
Colorado football written by one of CU’s original gridders, John
C. Nixon, also the school’s second captain. It appears here in its
original form.
At the beginning of the first semester in the fall of ’90 the boys
rooming at the dormitory on the campus of the U. of C. being
afflicted with a super-abundance of penned up energy, or perhaps
having recently drifted from under the parental wing and
delighting in their newly found freedom, decided among other
wild schemes, to form an athletic association.
Messrs Carney, Whittaker, Layton and others, who at that
time constituted a majority of the male population of the
University, called a meeting of the campus boys in the old
medical building. Nixon was elected president and Holden
secretary of the association. It was voted that the officers constitute
a committee to provide uniform suits in which to play
what was called “association football”. Suits of flannel were
ultimately procured and paid for assessments on the members
of the association and generous contributions from members of
the faculty.
The University at that time had about the best base-ball team
in the state composed of such star players as Ingram, Blake,
Carnahan, Rust, Neighoff and others. But it was a reflection upon
us that although it was styled the University base-ball team, it
was composed mainly of outsiders, who had no connection with
the U. of C.
It was the object of the newly organized association to ultimately
absorb the base-ball team, even if it was mercilessly
whipped in that, as it was afterwards scourged in football.
Whatever may have been said of their playing, the boys were
made of that stuff called “American Grit,” and had no conception
of what the word failure meant. To them defeat was simply a
severe lesson which was to teach them how to win in the future.
Taking up the game of association football the boys practiced
quite regularly and under the instruction of Hosford, who was an
Englishman of extraordinary proficiency in the game, they soon
became adepts in the art of running at full speed and keeping the
ball almost fairly between the feet. I called this an art, as I consider
excellence in any athletic sport an art. The graceful swing
of a trained foot-runner is as fair a sight as the rhythmic waltzer,
or as creditable a performance as that of an opera singer. After
becoming proficient in this game we learned that all other football
teams of the state played what was called the Rugby game,
and as we could not attain state or national renown playing
among ourselves, it became a question whether we would make
a change or not. Only two in the association had ever seen a
Rugby game and it was reported as fiendish beyond comprehension.
The rush of a Rugby team was likened to the stampede
of a herd of Texas cattle: nevertheless the boys decided to throw
themselves in front and die a la Leon idas, and succeeding
events showed that they had not over estimated the opposition.
The association had two factions—no live organization is
ever harmonious—and the lesser faction always opposed the
propositions of the majority. In this instance they had secured
the individual promises of the eleven of the twenty four members
to oppose a change of the game, and as it required the
assent of two-thirds to accomplish this the remaining members
decided to adopt the tactics of wearing out their opponents in
the meeting. The session lasted one entire afternoon until darkness
came upon them, during which, bursts of orator, pro and
con, and imminent danger of pugilistic strife pervaded the
atmosphere. The vote stood 16-8 in favor of a change and the
University football team was launched on a broader basis. This
vote was followed by our throwing the association open for